Card, membership

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0493.001

MANUFACTURER: Wings Club
MODEL: Wings Club
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: 8576
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 11.7 cm
Width: 9.1 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Wings Club
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this card issued Aug. 5, 1944
Canada: many Canadians served in the RAF or in RCAF units attached to RAF commands
Function: affirms membership in Wings Club for British, Commonwealth & Allied airmen serving in or with the Royal Air Force; also contains extracts from rules for members
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: letteing on front consisting of text & hand written entries in pen reads: "WINGS/CLUB/[insignia]/11 GROSVENOR PLACE, LONDON, S.W.1 SLOane 0681/Membership Card No 8576/Name ET. Webster/Rank W/C/R.A.F. Identity Card No. 551501/Personal No. C 1264/Date of issue 5.8.44/Issued by J. Corrigan"
Missing: N/A
Finish: black printed text & insignia; hand written entries black & blue; white background
Decoration: insignia on front at top consists of pair of outstretched wings

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Wings Club, Card, membership, 1944, Artifact no. 1990.0493, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1990.0493.001/

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